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Section 6: Power to prohibit movement of arms and ammunition.

Firearms Act 1968 · 1968 c. 27View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Provisions as to Possession, Handling and Distribution of Weapons and Ammunition; Prevention of Crime and Measures to Protect Public Safety

The Secretary of State may by order prohibit the removal of firearms or ammunition—

from one place to another in Great Britain; or
from Great Britain to Northern Ireland; or
for export from Great Britain,

unless the removal is authorised by the chief officer of police for the area from which they are to be removed, and unless such other conditions as may be specified in the order are complied with.

The Secretary of State may by order prohibit the removal of firearms or ammunition from Great Britain to Northern Ireland unless—

the removal is authorised by the chief officer of police for the area from which they are to be removed and by the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary; and
such conditions as may be specified in the order or imposed by the chief officer of police or the Chief Constable are complied with.

An order under this section may apply—

either generally to all such removals, or to removals from and to particular localities specified in the order; and
either to all firearms and ammunition or to firearms and ammunition of such classes and descriptions as may be so specified; and
either to all modes of conveyance or to such modes of conveyance as may be so specified;

but no such order shall prohibit the holder of a firearm certificate from carrying with him any firearm or ammunition authorised by the certificate to be so carried.

It is an offence to contravene any provision of—

an order made under this section; or
an order made under section 9 of the Firearms Act 1920 (the former enactment corresponding to section 18 of the Firearms Act 1937 and this section); or
any corresponding Northern Irish order, that is to say an order made under the said section 9 as extending to Northern Ireland or under any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland repealing and re-enacting that section, prohibiting the removal of firearms or ammunition from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.

An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order made thereunder by the Secretary of State.

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